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Crocs banned for being dangerous

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by NewsBot, Sep 5, 2007.

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  1. NewsBot

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    The BBC are reporting:
    Crocs cause nurse safety concern
    A hospital has banned theatre nurses from wearing popular Crocs shoes - suggesting they might be dangerous.
     
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  3. andymiles

    andymiles Active Member

    wait for it.....


    :D
     
  4. gangrene1

    gangrene1 Active Member

    A lot of my diabetic patients claimed that Crocs shoes are the best for their neuropathic ulcer-ed feet.

    I'm seriously not happy to hear that -_-
     
  5. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

    netizens

    To the best of my knowledge the UK karffuffle about Crocs and Health and Safety is a mirror what took place earlier in Canada and Sweden. Sadly the evidence to support the marginalisation of the most sophisticated footwear on earth was completely without foundation. This has not stopped the foot police from their continued condemnation.

    Crocs have become the stilettos of the 21st century with 100% attitude
    (50% for them and 50% against). I am surprised the knockers have not picked on the one major flaw Crocs have, the shoes are literally indestructable.

    toeslayer
     
  6. javier

    javier Senior Member

    Are you sure? I am on a boring on-duty weekend in my wife community pharmacy and I have fancied at least a dozen ways to destroy my own Crocs. Should I start the empirical phase or just state that Crocs are pretty rough but not indestructible?:D

    Regards,
     
  7. jbuckridge

    jbuckridge Member

    I am curious to know if anyone has seen foot trauma from “soft shoe entrapment”---This style footwear getting caught in escalators?
     
  8. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

    netizens

    Crocs are biting back with new workplace designed shoe models for doctors and nurses to meet workplace dress codes. It is new range, called The Specialist and Specialist Vent. Snappy!:D

    http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=98540


    toeslayer
     
  9. NewsBot

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    WTVM are reporting:
    Local Podiatrist Talks About Dangers of Crocs
    Sep 20, 2007 08:37 AM
     
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    Crocs and escalators a dangerous combo

    ABC7Chicago are reporting:
    Crocs and escalators a dangerous combo
    September 19, 2007 -
    Rest of story
     
  11. isis67

    isis67 Welcome New Poster

    I hear all the general health and safety issues as well as their indestructable nature but what about the boimech angle - surely they are soooooo not good for foot and srtuctural mechanics or am I just not getting the point of these shoes.
     
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    Another hospital has banned them:
    Local hospital rules: No Crocs allowed
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  13. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

    netizens

    To the best of my knowledge all claims these shoes were a health hazard in the workplace have no support.

    Moving machinery aside, concerns about exposure of feet to blood-borne pathogens in the workplace is perfectly understandable but most unlikely when the person wears socks. The new generation of socks where manufacturers claim anti-microbial properties would provided added protection from cross infection. Plastic shoes are more likely to be disinfected than shoes made with animal or vegetable material. The polymer material used in Crocs is very durable and the foot pad for most people would give the same suport as any other accommodative orthoses . The shoes are not ideal for everyone but what footwear is? Again, and I stand to be corrected but the enormous popularity of the plastic clog has not heralded a significant increase in reported foot pathologies.

    You either love them or hate 'em, but for the majority of people who wear them there is no increase risk to their health according to all the objective data.

    toeslayer
     
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    Escalators, rubber clogs, and severe foot injuries in children.
    Lim KB, Tey IK, Lokino ES, Yap RT, Tawng DK.
    J Pediatr Orthop. 2010 Jul-Aug;30(5):414-9.
     
  15. Jeremy Long

    Jeremy Long Active Member

    I, like most professionals, am appalled at the widespread marketing of this category. Crocs brand itself is a copy-cat of the original Waldies concept. The latter was designed and created by a kayak producer to be an after paddling camp shoe, that would float if it fell out of a canoe/kayak. Under its intended use, it is ideal. I would go so far as to claim it would also make a reasonable gardening clog. It was never designed to be used for extensive weight bearing activities, and does produce its own complications for that type of wear. My most common concern is over the exaggerated lateral column compression of the foam, especially in cheaper-made, discount brands.
     
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